Dorothy J. McIntosh

Tuesday

Jan 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Stockton, CA

Dorothy J. McIntosh

Feb. 14, 1925 - Jan. 15, 2013

Dorothy J. McIntosh, 87, died peacefully at the Meadowood

Nursing Home in Stockton, CA on January 15, 2013. Cause of death was pneumonia. She leaves two daughters, Valerie Smith (Dennis) of Stockton and Katherine Carr (Gary) of Clayton, CA, one grandson, David Frey (Jame') of Dallas, TX, and four great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her ex-husband, Sam McIntosh, of

Atlanta.

Dorothy was born on Feb. 14, 1925 in Denver, CO, the daughter of Carl McCalister and Eva Reidel McCalister. She is predeceased by her sister Cathleen Voorheis of Littleton, CO and survived by sister Ida Vogler of Denver.

Dorothy was a long-time medical assistant at the ophthalmology clinic at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver. She retired in 1983 and moved to Stockton. She took great delight in the careers and families of her daughters and grandson David. She loved visiting with her great-grandchildren from Texas.

Dorothy led elaborate Christmas celebrations in her home and loved tending her roses, playing card games with her kids, and watching NCAA "March Madness."

At her request, no formal services are planned. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dorothy's name may be made to Canine Companions for Independence, www.cci.org, or the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research, www.jimmyv.org.